Carol, I have used this sight quite some time ago. I never found any of my relatives. I did look at various possibilities and I can tell you that there is no guarantee that you will actually find your ancestors there. If the surname is a very common one, all the more difficult. There is no guarantee that you will even find additional names to the individual who opened the account. Yes, it is true that some will find a great deal of data on their family and others will find very little. I would just wait and see when the sight will come back online and then keep my fingers and toes crossed and wish for an Irish Blessing and maybe the luck of the Irish will ring true for you. Rich in Greer ----- Original Message ----- From: "VerCammen, Carol (DMH)" <Carol.Vercammen@state.ma.us> To: <ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 8:59 AM Subject: Re: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] Social Security Death Index > So if I understand this correctly, the sight is down no matter where you > look? What a pity, I know they were the bank used by Irish immigrants > to wire money back home. I was really hoping to find family. I wonder > if anyone will be opening the data base at all in the future. > > > Carol VerCammen > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ny-troy-irish-gensoc-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:ny-troy-irish-gensoc-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Rich > Nichols > Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2008 5:47 PM > To: ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] Social Security Death Index > > All, > > There is another website which has the Emmigrant Savings Bank online - > it is > also currently down and I suspect it has something to do with where the > database originated (but I am not sure). You can also go to: > > http://www.genexchange.org/esb/ > > I have never found any of my New York City Irish ancestors at this site > - I > just guess they weren't much of a saver - I think the liquid gold was > more > their cup of tea! Ha! > > Rich in Greer > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <stagemom6@aol.com> > To: <ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, September 15, 2008 10:28 AM > Subject: Re: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] Social Security Death Index > > >> Carol, >> >> I just quickly checked the site and it does say that the search engine > is >> down - so then I googled the name of the bnak plus new york plus >> geneaology and possibly the link below may have the same information. >> >> http://www.nyscensushunt.com/ >> >> Hope this helps , >> >> >> Helen Batters Rowley >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: VerCammen, Carol (DMH) <Carol.Vercammen@state.ma.us> >> To: ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com >> Sent: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:08 am >> Subject: Re: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] Social Security Death Index >> >> >> >> >> >> Has anyone had any luck trying to get information for the Emmigrant's >> Savings Bank in New York. The description of the invaluable data they >> have makes me crazy, because I cannot find any way to access the >> information. The site seems to be always closed down. Evidently it > was >> used by Irish immigrants and contained a gold mind of personal data on >> each depositer. >> >> Thanks for any help. >> >> >> Carol VerCammen >> >> ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== >> Did you pay your 2008 Dues? >> Troy Irish Genealogy Society >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC-request@rootsweb.com >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the > body >> of >> the message >> >> ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== >> Did you pay your 2008 Dues? >> Troy Irish Genealogy Society >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== > Did you pay your 2008 Dues? > Troy Irish Genealogy Society > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== > Did you pay your 2008 Dues? > Troy Irish Genealogy Society > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message